A young woman named Claire shimmies out the window of a stately home, drops to the ground and breaks into a sprint, trying to get as far away from her crime as possible.
She’s committed no act of violence, though, unless you count the toilet she just clogged. In front of the prospective in-laws. At the first-ever dinner party with them at the beginning of a weekend getaway.
The cringe-worthy scenario comes from Scott bathroom tissue, which has created a 3-minute ad in the guise of a stereotypical horror film, complete with creepy music cues and tension-building camera shots.
The campaign, called “The Clogging,” paints Claire’s bathroom mishap as the ultimate nightmare.
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